Jug or cover top.



C. S. BARON.

JUG 0R COVER TOP.

APPLICATION r1120 FEB. 14. 1912.

1, 145,461 Patented July 6, 191-5.

CHARLES S. BARON, 0F TIFFIN, OHIO.

JUG OR COVER TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

Application filed February 14, 1912. Serial No. 677,425. b

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. BARON, of Titlin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and use ful Improvement in Jug or Cover T ops, and do hereby declare that the following is a full. clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to jugs or pitchers for molasses or syrup, which are made of glass, and more particularly to the top or co er thereof. The pitcher top or cover is comprised of a stationary and spring actuated hinge part, the stationary part having the form of a partial ring or band that partly encircles the top of the pitcher and grips the same and thereby secures the lid or top to the pitcher, sheet metal being employed having enough spring or resiliency to cause it to grip the pitcher top with sufiicient force to effect the object stated.

The object of my invention, is to providemeans for interlocking the partial ring or band and the jug, which will combine the important advantages of adding strength to the somewhat flimsy hand, without objectionably stiffening it, and an eiiicient connection between cover and jug.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of enough of a syrup or molasses pitcher to illustrate one embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar View of the same embodiment of the band member of the top or cover separated; Fig. 3 a vertical section of the construction shown in Fig. 1; and Figs. l and 5 are detail views of diiferent stop devices for the bands.

The pitcher or jug 10, shown, is the usual construction of glass having a pouring nozzle or spout 11 and the cover or top is of sheet metal comprising a lid member 12 having a contour corresponding to the shape of the top of the jug with its spout so as to completely cover the same, and a segment shaped band 13 also of sheet metal that is something more than a halfcircle in extent, which, before its application to the jug is slightly less in diameter than the top thereof so that when forced thereon it will exert sullicient pressure to remain on the jug and to hold the lid 12 in position. At a point midway between the extremities of the gripping band, the lid 12 is hinged thereto by means of a pair of perforated projecting ears 14 on the lid, and a pair of perforated cars 15 on the band through the alining holes of which cars a pivot pin 16 is passed and upon the pin between the ears 15 is placed a coil spring, one end of which bears against the band 13 and the other end of entially extending head or corrugation 18' formed by a concave-convex offset of the band which engages a convex rib 19 on the neck of the jug, and thereby the separation of the jug and cover in a direction up and down of the jug, prevented; while to prevent turning movement of the cover on the jug which would result in uncovering the spout. the ends of the rib 19 are engaged by inward projections or ears at the ends of the corrugation 18. It will be seen that without any increase in the gage or thickness of the metal from which the band 13 is made,I give it a desirable stiffness by the corrugation 18, which is also the device by which the attachment of the cover to the jug is effected.

The bead end-engaging stops may be formed by a sort of wall 21 at the end of the bead as shown in Fig. 2; or as an inturned lug. 22, as shown in Fig. 4, or by a narrow vertical strip 23 as shown in Fig.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is In a cap or cover of the class described, the combination with a hinged lid member having a radially projecting spout cover, a segment shaped jurengaging band to which the lid is ivoted that extends through substantially a half circle and is free of the lid except at the pivotal point of the latter, said band being of spring metal so that it may be sprung over the sides of the jug by stretching the free portions of the band. said band having a circumferentially extending concavo-convex corrugation extending around the band that terminates in a shoulder that forms a rib-en aging stop to prevent rotation of the band, said corrugation being a band stiffening means and a jug engaging means to prevent lifting of the band from the jug.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I .have hereunto setmy hand.

CHARLES S. BARON. Witnesses:

PAULINE Rum, RUsH'roN D. NILE'S.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

